An Army Wifes Cookbook With Household Hints and Home Remedies

An Army Wifes Cookbook With Household Hints and Home Remedies published by Southwest Parks and Monuments Association, Tucson, AZ, October 1984. 1st Edition 6th Printing. Spiral Binding. Size 8vo (up to 9-1/2'' tall). Condition: Nr Fine. 71 Pgs. ISBN 0911408274. Compiled and edited by Mary L Williams, Fort Davis National Historic Site. Introduction by Alice Kirk Grierson and Sara Joy Grierson, sketches by Etta M Koch. Contains frontier recipes of the period from 1850s to late 1880s with some of Mrs. Grierson's household hints & home remedies. The original recipes are printed exactly as they were written in her book with old spelling forms and punctuation. Some of the culinary adventures described by other officer's wives of the period are included in an attempt to give the reader a glimpse into the kitchen of a frontier army wife. Old recipes in one color print, new tested versions of the recipe printed in another color. Description text copyright 2012 BooksForComfort. Item ID 27313.